English 12B Lesson 2 The Victorian Age Part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 True. | True or False. In 1819, after the Manchester speeches, England came very close to a revolution. |
| False. | True or False. By 1848, England was hoping to catch up with (to equal) the rest of the world in production of iron. |
| False. | True or False. The number of people in England doubled from 1820 to 1830. |
| True. | True or False. The great wave of Irish emigrants going to America probably resulted from the Irish Potato Famine in 1840. |
| False. | True or False. It was uncommon for employees to work sixteen hours a day. |
| False. | True or False. The Reform Bill of 1832 gave women the right to vote. |
| True. | Karl Marx worked in England to complete Das Kapital in 1867. |
| False. | Victorians liked to go to the theater more than they liked to read. |
| False. | Victorians bought short stories such as "Jane Eyre." |
| True. | Victorian authors and poets often wrote about the emotions they felt in reaction to human experiences. |
| False. | Successful writers such as Tennyson or Dickens struggled as much as earlier writers had struggled. |
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